When Alvin Adam Brandner was born on 18 November 1878, in Watertown, Jefferson, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Adam Xavier Brandner, was 58 and his mother, Mary Alice Mahoney, was 40. He married Anna Viktoria Skog on 30 May 1906, in Clinton, Big Stone, Minnesota, United States. He lived in Almond Township, Big Stone, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years and Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States for about 10 years. He registered for military service in 1898. He died on 16 March 1955, in Pope, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Glenwood, Pope, Minnesota, United States.